OPAD CONSULTING

Since 1981: Helping organizations create a place where successful people WANT to work.

OUR METHODOLOGY

At OPAD Consulting, we improve work environments for organizations. We bring teams, boards, executives, and culture in line with each organization's goals. With our 30+ years of experience, we create custom strategies for meaningful change and desired results. Our impressive track record spans various industries and delivers exceptional outcomes. Our clients trust and recommend us based on positive experiences. We continuously adjust and stay current with industry trends and best practices.

SERVICES

ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

By aligning needs with company mission and vision, we guide them in identifying their direction. Our methodology evaluates the organization's current structure and processes against mission and vision, closing gaps through proven practices. Consider time spent on creative tasks vs controllable results. Balance and adjustments lead to better resource allocation.
CORE TEAM BUILDING

When changing culture, we use trusted methods from leading Behavioral scientists. Action-oriented change management speeds up implementation. A professor advised, "People seek stability," guiding OPAD's work. Inclusion methods ensure successful planning and implementation.
EXECUTIVE COACHING

We are grateful to have worked with strong leaders to shape their teams and develop their people. By helping teams manage conflict, solve problems, make decisions, and take ownership, we have witnessed the transformation of groups into high-performing teams. This has brought us satisfaction through improved work environment and team performance.
CORPORATE CULTURE

Where specific skill needs are identified across a number of individuals we will recommend and/or provide training opportunities to meet those needs. For instance, we have found that there is often, particularly in technology based organizations, a need for technical presentation skills. We have been able to successfully provide such training on large and small scale bases with remarkable success in improving those skills.

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HOW WE SET UP CLIENTS FOR SUCCESS

Developing a comprehensive strategy requires more than just a surface-level understanding of the client's history, culture, and aspirations. It necessitates a deep dive into their past achievements, challenges, and milestones, as well as a thorough examination of their present values, beliefs, and practices.

By truly comprehending these aspects, we can unlock the potential for meaningful growth and success. This is part of our thorough process, and what sets us apart from other consulting firms.

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CLIENTS WE WORK WITH

Word-of-mouth has allowed us to meet new clients, re-engage with others and expand our client base. We are grateful to each of our clients for their support and desire to share our work with others. With our long history, many of them have become good friends.

Work with us

- Apple
- Adobe Systems
- Applied Materials
- Aquent Scout
- Cadence Design
- Cray Computers
- Cymer Laser
- ESI
- Ekotrope
- Intel
- Lam Research
- Mattson
- Mentor Graphics
- Nanometrics
- Navis
- Novellus
- PKI Solutions
- Pure Wafer
- TTM Technologies
- UCT

- Hambrecht and Quist
- Mayfield fund
- US Venture Partners.

- Becton Dickinson
- CIRM
- Immune Response
- Johnson and Johnson
- MicroVention Synetics

- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
- BodyVox
- Children First for Oregon
- Northwest Children’s Theatre & School
- Oregon Ballet Theatre
- Oregon College of Arts and Crafts
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- Our Children Oregon
- Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra
- Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble
- Portland Piano International
- Portland Playhouse
- Profile Theatre

“I have been working with Harold and the OPAD team for about 3 years now and I wish I worked with them earlier. I started working with OPAD when I faced serious organization challenges, and they took a key role navigating me and the company through these challenges. Since then, the OPAD team became a centralized part of reshaping our vision, mission and values, helping me make the right organization strategic decisions, and identifying the right executives to onboard. Overall, their personal touch, approachability and experience helped me numerous times cross muddy waters and made me a better leader.”
– Ziv Rozenblum | CEO, Ekotrope
“Executives are constantly under a spotlight and, depending on the situation, spotlights have different colors and wavelengths. Having a trustworthy and extremely competent partner such as OPAD to put a proper lens on our blind spots has been invaluable in my career and development.”
– Abdi Hariri | CEO, Safer Planet.inc
“OPAD was instrumental in helping us establish the company culture we strive for at our company sites and even more importantly brought it to life throughout the company. OPAD helped us to quickly and effectively assimilate a new acquisition into the culture using our own mission and core values. They also realized the new values that the acquisition brought to the whole company and helped us incorporate those to our overall mission.”
– Mark Borowicz | CEO, Pure Wafer
“We are extremely pleased with the work that OPAD provided our company. Through an amazingly well received process, the entire company came together and through the insights and work of OPAD, we now have a Mission Statement that everyone references and a set of values that exemplifies who we are internally and to our customers.”
– Mark B. Cooper | President & Founder, PKI Solutions Inc.
“I have worked with Harold and members of his team for more than 20 years. They are amazing in the manner in which they dive deeply into organizational dynamics without “intruding.” People open up to them because they don’t take positions but rather seek out and capitalize on common ground. This is not to say they won’t tell it straight when they see people out of position. It is a testament to their deep understanding of organizational dynamics in a high tech environment that they can identify weaknesses and opportunities and recommend actions to address both. I always heed their advice because it has never failed me.”
– Rick Gottscho | CTO, Lam Research

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANTS

Harold Goldstein

Former HR executive at Johnson & Johnson, Lam Research, Levi Strauss. Former Professor of Organizational Psychology at USF for 14 years. Degrees in B.A., Finance, Industrial Psychology.
Lilo Alfaro

MBA. Organizational culture & change management consultant. Program and project manager. Executive coach.
Peg Videtta

With 20+ years teaching and coaching, she has a Physics degree and extensive experience in aerospace, semiconductors, engineering, marketing, management, and training.